diff --git a/scenes/blocks/dropped_block.gd b/scenes/blocks/dropped_block.gd
index 867ae6c..818ad47 100644
--- a/scenes/blocks/dropped_block.gd
+++ b/scenes/blocks/dropped_block.gd
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ const PREFAB: PackedScene = preload("res://scenes/blocks/dropped_block.tscn")
 ## The amount of time to wait before PickupArea is set to monitorable[br]
 ##   This is to ensure that the item isn't picked up immediately after throwing
 @export var pickup_timeout: int = 1
+@export var lifetime_in_seconds: int = 10 ## Lifetime before despawning
 @export var animation_player: AnimationPlayer
 @export var block_mesh: BlockMesh
+@export var lifetime_timer: Timer
 @export var pickup_area: Area3D
 
 var id: String
@@ -16,6 +18,8 @@ var impulse: Vector3 = Vector3.ZERO
 
 
 func _ready() -> void:
+	lifetime_timer.timeout.connect(_on_lifetime_timeout)
+
 	## AnimationPlayer handles modifying BlockMesh scale, position, and rotation
 	##   The scale is NOT applied to any other node, including RigidBody and CollisionShape
 	animation_player.play("start_animation")
@@ -40,6 +44,8 @@ func initialize(block_id: String, start_position: Vector3, drop_direction: Vecto
 	impulse = drop_direction * drop_impulse
 	apply_central_impulse(impulse)
 
+	lifetime_timer.start(lifetime_in_seconds)
+
 func set_id(block_id: String) -> void:
 	id = block_id
 	if id in DBItems.data:
@@ -48,6 +54,9 @@ func set_id(block_id: String) -> void:
 		printerr("Unknown Block ID: ", id)
 
 
+func _on_lifetime_timeout() -> void:
+	call_deferred("queue_free")
+
 func _on_pickup_area_body_entered(body: Node3D) -> void:
 	if not body is Player: return
 
diff --git a/scenes/blocks/dropped_block.tscn b/scenes/blocks/dropped_block.tscn
index a2fe66a..0281889 100644
--- a/scenes/blocks/dropped_block.tscn
+++ b/scenes/blocks/dropped_block.tscn
@@ -96,11 +96,12 @@ _data = {
 
 [sub_resource type="SphereShape3D" id="SphereShape3D_5kft2"]
 
-[node name="DroppedBlock" type="RigidBody3D" node_paths=PackedStringArray("animation_player", "block_mesh", "pickup_area")]
+[node name="DroppedBlock" type="RigidBody3D" node_paths=PackedStringArray("animation_player", "block_mesh", "lifetime_timer", "pickup_area")]
 collision_layer = 4
 script = ExtResource("1_y8usf")
 animation_player = NodePath("AnimationPlayer")
 block_mesh = NodePath("BlockMesh")
+lifetime_timer = NodePath("LifetimeTimer")
 pickup_area = NodePath("PickupArea")
 
 [node name="AnimationPlayer" type="AnimationPlayer" parent="."]
@@ -129,4 +130,8 @@ shape = SubResource("SphereShape3D_5kft2")
 [node name="SaveDataComponent" parent="." instance=ExtResource("3_ix4xk")]
 save_data_resource = ExtResource("4_8xfh1")
 
+[node name="LifetimeTimer" type="Timer" parent="."]
+wait_time = 10.0
+one_shot = true
+
 [connection signal="body_entered" from="PickupArea" to="." method="_on_pickup_area_body_entered"]